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New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay
their first Pap test until age 21, and be screened less often than
recommended in the past.
from the New York Times (Registration Required)
posted on 11/20/2009
A "saber-toothed cat in armor" and a pancake-shaped predator are
among the strange crocodile cousins whose bones have been found beneath
the windswept dunes of the Sahara, archaeologists say.
from National Geographic News
posted on 11/20/2009
Plant biologists have something special to be thankful for this US
Thanksgiving Day. The genome of maize (corn)--a staple crop first
introduced by Native Americans to the European settlers centuries
ago--has finally been sequenced.
from Nature News
posted on 11/20/2009
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